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Yes, Mel, dare anyone mention “stewardship” in the days leading up an election.
At the municipal level, the way to deal with the lack of good stewardship is to let the public know ‘they’ might be facing a 4.8% tax increase this year but “we’ll try our best to keep it below 2%”.
Then, the next logical move for an elected person is to step from municipal to Provincial office.
Sorry, if they were not good stewards at a small level, why should anyone think they’ll be good stewards at a higher level?
Many years ago, this principle was explained by a carpenter’s son and even the great uneducated masses understood.